Durant fails to impress at pre-draft workout:

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Kevin Durant wowed NBA teams in his one college season at Texas. At last week's pre-draft camp? Not so much, according to a confidential draft camp report obtained by The Seattle Times.

According to the newspaper, the report said Durant was ranked 78th out of 80 NBA prospects who worked out at Orlando, while Ohio State center Greg Oden had an impressive workout.

Oden and Durant have long been slated to go 1-2 in the NBA draft, and it's expected the Seattle SuperSonics will take Durant after the Portland Trail Blazers take Oden.

According to the Times, Durant was the only prospect at camp who failed to bench press 185 pounds, and finished behind Oden in some key drills, including the vertical leap, agility drill and three-quarter court sprint.


Oden jumped 34 inches in the vertical leap while Durant jumped 33½ inches, completed the agility drill in 11.67 seconds to Durant's 12.33 seconds, and finished the three-quarter court sprint in 3.27 seconds, ahead of Durant's 3.45 seconds, according to the report.

Durant, however, had a 7-4¾ wingspan, which ranked second among all prospects and measured a half-inch wider than Oden's wingspan.

But Durant's college coach said scouts should not question his strength just because he could not bench press 185 pounds.

"If people question his strength, they're stupid," Texas' Rick Barnes said Tuesday, according to The Dallas Morning News. "If they are looking for weight lifters to come out of Texas, that's not what we're producing. There are a lot of guys who can bench press 300 pounds in the NBA who couldn't play dead in a cowboy movie. Kevin's the best player in the draft -- period, at any position."


Source: ESPN.com
 
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Well with Seattle luck there are only two possibilities:

1). Seattle Sonics draft Durant, who becomes a dominant NBA player...too bad for Seattle the Sonics move to Oklahoma City within two years.

2). Seattle Sonics stay in Seattle but shock the world and pass on Durant and pick some underachiever.
 
XxtraMannish

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Seattle will still take Durant. The drills they run are good for measuring athletecism in some respects, but they have little to do with projecting whether or not a guy is going to be a great NBA player. The pre draft numbers don't take into account things like hustle, desire, willingness to improve, coachability, etc. Durant is going to be a superstar, regardless of what a pussy he is. Lucky for him, he's a reserved guy, not much of a shit talker, so he should be ok. But damn, its gonna be scary if he goes to the paint on anything but a fast break. That guy is gonna get befuddled.
 
XxtraMannish

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Durant, who will likely be chosen No. 2 in the June 28 draft by the Sonics, was the only player who could not bench press 185 pounds at least once. His overall performance ranked 78th out of 80 prospects, and his lackluster workout appears to have widened the gap between him and Ohio State center Greg Oden
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Holy shit I knew his camp was bad but damn, 78th out of 80???
 
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mane I don't give a fuck if he couldn't lift 125 pounds I would still pick him #2 in the draft his numbers alone in college are outstanding
 
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